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Shahid Malik

Labour MP for Dewsbury

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government (since 10 Jun 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 4,615 votes. — 435th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Shahid Malik voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 27 Mar 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Trade and Industry, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Pakistan, Energy Saving Accreditation, Youth Work Projects, Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Dewsbury, Wild Bird Imports

(based on written questions asked by Shahid Malik and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Wind Farms (Northamptonshire) (30 Jun 2009)

“It is a double pleasure today, Mr. Jones. I congratulate the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Hollobone) on securing this debate on an interesting and important subject that I know is significant to him and a number of his constituents, as well as to the constituents of other hon. Members here. I am sure that the whole House appreciates the need to address climate change even more given the...”

Wind Farms (Northamptonshire) (30 Jun 2009)

“I will come to the local level shortly. The general principle and rule is that the Government have no power to prevent applications from coming forward. That is critical. Furthermore, the Government may intervene in the plan-making process if they consider that the constraints being proposed by local authorities are too great or are poorly justified. The policy also states that local planning...”

Wind Farms (Northamptonshire) (30 Jun 2009)

“I think that Northamptonshire should be applauded for the amount that it does. It stands to reason that we cannot expect each part of each locality to contribute the same amount to this fight. As the hon. Member for Kettering said, some areas are better suited to this kind of technology. Some people will always feel that they are doing more than their fair share. That is why I am looking at...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 76% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 135 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Shahid Malik speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 68 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,847 (27th). Rail £2,798 (307th). Air £515 (118th). Misc £60 (190th). Other: Air £182 (34th).

^** Car £6,259 (61st). Rail £1,997 (337th).